AC Newman played The Rock Shop (pics & short setlist)

photos by Amanda Hatfield; words by Bill Pearis

AC Newman @ The Rock Shop, 10/8/2012

AC Newman's third solo album, Shut Down the Streets, is out this week and the New Pornographer celebrated it's release with a very intimate show at The Rock Shop last night (10/8). To gain entrance you either had to have bought the album over the weekend or won tickets through this very site. The show was Carl's first with this new six-piece line-up, featuring violinist Ruthy Ungar and pinch hitter Chris Miller on keyboards, flute, and oboe, and functioned somewhere between a warm-up and preview for his upcoming tour that hits Bowery Ballroom and Maxwell's in a couple weeks.

The six-song set (we had no idea the show was going to be that short) featured lead single "Not Talking," as well as the new... [via BrooklynVegan]